With the Lions sitting just outside of the red zone, Johnson had both Jared Goff and Jahmyr Gibbs pretend to stumble over in an effort to get the Bears’ defense looking in the backfield. The gambit worked to perfection, and Goff turned around and fired a touchdown pass to a wide-open Sam LaPorta:

There wasn’t much doubt on Sunday as the Detroit Lions easily handled the Chicago Bears 34-17 after jumping out to an early 20-0 lead. A loss by the Philadelphia Eagles in the final seconds of their game at Washington also put Detroit in sole possession of the NFC’s best record at 13-2.